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HARTFORD, Conn. — CityPlace II, the 18-story office tower downtown, will be put up for auction in late August, nearly two years after it was lost to foreclosure, the listing broker says. The starting bid for the Asylum Street building is $6.5 million. The online auction that will be conducted Aug. 25 to 27 by auction.com. The 300,000-square-foot structure, built in 1989, is separate from the larger, 38-story CityPlace I, now called the United Health Care Center. However, the two towers share a common lobby and other amenities. LNR Partners, a mortgage servicing company, took title to the property in 2012 from the previous owner, Northland Investment Corp., nearly three years after...

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